I want to ride with the Indians and just ride away Across the Plains with Lakotah ‘till Dakota territoryDown the East Coast with the Cherokee and Iroquois ConfederacyAnd in Texas I will live with the Comanche and the KiowaThe Ho – Chunk up North and T’lingit in AlaskaAll five hundred and fifty Nations not the sameEach counted important, different in culture, language and name

I’ll grow some wings and fly awayLike an Eagle soars over the craggy canyon belowI’ll fly like an Eagle – one for braveryAnd that special feather from the great birdWill fall down at a Pow Wow when the music stops‘Till someone picks it up and the music starts againWhen the music starts again I’ll dance with the IndiansAs the drum beats faster to the timing of the beatI can hear the Indians and the dancing of their feet

I will ride with the Indians as they teach me thingsIndigenous knowledge not wasted nor forgottenHow do clouds help you when you’ve lost your way?Why watch a limbless bird build a place to stay?Open the door for a stranger and let that person firstLearn some words of their tongue to quench your dry thirstDon’t ask so many questions, learn to listen not just speakWhen they say “Hey Kola!” they greet you as a friendWhen they say “Doe Sharke” they mean “Good – bye” not the endDon’t touch on their person, their hair or on their facesIt annoys and offends these dark and different racesYou’ll learn why they cry and about the sadness in their eyesI’ll learn to cry too and care ‘bout someone else’s tears

Lakotah word for God is “Wankan Tanka” The Great MysteryFor the wonders of creation you will never understandThe Hand that made it all and the Peoples of this LandWhen there are no reasons or answers to this life that we liveIt’s about not what we get but what we share and what we giveWhen they teach me to be Indian and how to be free againFree to be responsible; free to be IndianI’ll become Indian like you, like me, like youWhen I become Indian only then will I be truly free

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